CM, Sports Min to head to New Delhi for National Games meeting
Shillong, Mar 14: Chief Minister Conrad Sangma will meet with Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports in New Delhi to discuss Meghalaya’s hosting of the 2022 National Games.
Sangma held a review meeting with Sports and Youth Affairs...
New National Games stadium to be disabled-friendly: Union Minister
Shillong, Oct 25:Â Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment, Thaawarchand Gehlot, has informed that the new stadium to be funded by the ministry in the New Shillong Township will be accessible by people with disabilities.
The stadium will be built...
John Kharshiing reelected as Working President of State Olympic Association
Shillong, Sep 22: John Kharshiing has been reelected as Working President of the Meghalaya State Olympic Association on a four-year term.
The MSOA elections were held in the city on Friday along with its annual general meeting.
Kharshiing resigned last September...
Meghalaya to be ready to host National Games only by 2025
Shillong, Mar 12: Meghalaya will only be ready to host the 39th National Games by 2025, the Meghalaya State Olympic Association has informed the Indian Olympic Association.
Meghalaya was meant to hold the Games in 2022.
Even the 2025 date is...
Upgraded JN Stadium to be inaugurated by August 2022
Shillong, Sep 4: Preliminary designs have been completed for the upgrading of sports facilities at the JN Stadium here, Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma said yesterday on social media, and the tender for the work will be issued by...
National Games 2022 coordination & games technical committee formed
Shillong, Apr 11: The Indian Olympic Association has formed a coordination and games technical conduct committee for the 2022 National Games, which Meghalaya is scheduled to hold.
One of the duties of this committee will be to officially notify what...
Finely Pariat takes over from Chiranjib Choudhury as MSOA Gen Secy
Shillong, Jan 16: Finely Pariat (pictured) took charge as General Secretary of the Meghalaya State Olympic Association yesterday following the resignation of the incumbent, Chiranjib Choudhury.
The choice of Pariat was fixed upon at an emergent meeting of the MSOA....
National Games secretariat building inaugurated in Shillong
Shillong, Jan 21: Sports & Youth Affairs Minister Banteidor Lyngdoh formally inaugurated the National Games Secretariat at the JN Sports Complex here today.
Meghalaya are scheduled to host the National Games in 2022, the 50th year since the state's creation...
New indoor stadium of international standard to be built in Shillong: Banteidor
Shillong, Aug 29: As part of the development of the JN Sports Complex in Polo, a new indoor stadium built to international standard is on the cards, Sports & Youth Affairs Minister Banteidor Lyngdoh said here today.
Lyngdoh was speaking...
Eugeneson nutmegs Sports Minister in Assembly
Shillong, Mar 10: Sports & Youth Affairs Minister Banteidor Lyngdoh (pictured left) was left momentarily perplexed by the questions put to him by first-timer MLA and former football icon Eugeneson Lyngdoh (right) in the Assembly today.
Making his debut in...